Ornaments, Motifs, Bracelet, Snowflakes, Ice Drops, Crown, Doilies, Lanyard and Crosses

Vera bought some red thread last year and when she found it in her stash she decided to use it to make ornaments. She decided to stick with simple patterns and so far they are looking great.

Sue shares with us the laces from the ladies at her local tat days. The bracelet was done by one of her students who learned to tat in March. Lastly are the pieces from their Christmas exchange.

Diane used these lovely little pearlescent beads on this Ice Drop and her grandson chose the ribbon to go with it. She loves all shades of blue and even though the beads and ribbon don't exactly match, she thinks they go well together. With these she has another treeful ready for Christmas in the Village. She started this Minty Fudge pattern Thursday night and finished it Friday night. This Minty Fudge pattern was Saturday morning and finished it early Sunday morning. Cleaning for the holidays hasn't left much tatting time, but she did get one Ice Drop finished.

Eliz is working on "Pinnacles" from Tatting Patterns and Designs by Gun Blomqvist & Elwy Persson using multiple strands of Coats & Clark All Purpose sewing thread, article 210 Colour 83B.

Fox has the third row of the centre done on this Stawasz design. When it's more of the same it gets a little boring. (Is it just my screen? The previous picture looks like a lovely soft silver grey, but all the other pictures look plain ordinary white?)

Margaret tatted this row of the doily with the long chains, but she doesn't like how it looks and she's hoping it will pull into shape with the subsequent rows. The next row is done in purple ans it's not her typical colour choice, but sometimes you have to stretch your wings and try the unexpected.

Marie tatted Robin's Large Snowflake in size 80 thread and it turned out 3" long. This is Robin's traditional snowflake with beads. This design was tatted around an old brooch, found at an estate sale.

Muskaan has another new pattern for the medallion series with the PDF available from her blog. She used Anchor size 20 which is thicker than Lizbeth 20 and it measures approx 6.5 cms at the broadest points. The first trial in tinted blue with not all the chains of same length and some other minor tweaks.

HisKid's friend needed a tatted lanyard to hang her cross on, so she tatted one for her with purple beads. She tried several variations and finally did this one in size 10 thread that worked perfectly with the size beads she had.

Wanda has had several funerals to attend recently and she tatted these crosses to include in the sympathy cards. The first one is in Lizbeth size 20 #136 Autumn Spice and the second is in Lizbeth size 20 #131 Vineyard Harvest.

Ice Drops, Button Motifs, Angel, Bookmarks, Edging and Crosses

Diane planned to tat several Ice Drops, but only managed to tat one in Lizbeth #119, Jelly Bean. Another day, another Ice Drop, again in Jelly Bean.

Fox tatted a button motif, added a tail and had an instant bookmark.

Marie wants to make a choir of angels like this one designed by Mark Myers. She wanted to make a few challenging bookmarks and she started with Sherry's Chatelaine.

Muskaan took another vintage pattern made it modern, with 2 separate rows converted to continuous tatting.

Sue was looking through her book, Tatted Doilies by Iris Niebach and in the Francesca doily she saw crosses on the outer edge. She loves the first one, but the second needs work, both tatted in size 20 Lizbeth Rainbow Taffy.

Doilies, Hats, Crosses, Bag, Ice Drops, Button Motifs, Fair Entries, Techniques and Tatting Conventions

Vera found time got away from her and she didn't accomplish what she expected or blog as often as she might have, but she did tat.

Marthanne has row #12 finished on her size 40 doily, which only has one more row and it is done. Here is the doily made in size 20 thread and Row 13 is going like greased lightening row although she had to remember how to do the onion ring. It's going so fast she only has 7 more repeats to go. Well, she did, until she let her mind wander and then this happened. Really, really close to the end, and doesn't that just feel like somebody moved to goal posts?

Batty Tatter is getting ready for the fall market with a lot of tatted hats. Think it's enough? She spent some time at a craft fair and was visiting with one of the vendors who gave her some balls of tatting thread, so she tatted a cross for her, but now she can't decide which cross to send.

Elsa was charmed by the frivolity pouch design created by Sumi Fujishige and published in the book, Exquise Frivolité although she removed a lot of the beads for a more sober look. She modified the flap making three triangles from a design by Pascale Provost and mounted the finished work on fabric for more stability.

Diane measured the Hanging Garden doily and it's already 7 inches across. Tollway Tatters got together again and Ana worked on her very first Ice Drop using a red glass gem and white thread. Barbara also worked on an Ice Drop. Sue brought the box of Ice Drops she made for the Christmas tree that Denise is setting up as a library fund raiser. Mary was needle tatting, but the ladies are trying to persuade her to try the shuttles. Denise worked on flowers for one of the classes she's signed up for at Palmetto Tat Days. Sue Anna was tatting, but Diane can't recall what she was working on, although it's usually one of Marilee's designs. Marilee was sporting a beautiful necklace from her second Craftsy class and also had on very pretty earrings. She was working on this technique from a Japanese book. Diane worked on her Hanging Garden doily, but she's not quite finished yet. Having neglected her Ice Drops, she decided to concentrate on getting a few done and she has been working in size 20 Lizbeth #131, Vineyard Harvest. Staying inside and watching the solar eclipse on TV left her hands free to tat the Hanging Garden doily from Tatting lace with your life. The rings are in Lizbeth Green Coral Sea, while the chains are in Azalea Lt and the finished size is 8 1/2". She still managed to tat another Ice Drop in Vineyard Harvest.

Fox has been tatting up some Magic Buttons. They don't take long to tat and they make nice little gifts.

Marie cleaned up in the awards department at the fair. She wanted a smaller flower doily based on a Jan Stawsz design.

Muskaan shows how to hide ends in a multiple colour Quatrefoil design. (How awesome is it that she takes the time to tat and photograph all these techniques?) More pictures of how to do it. Check out Muskaan's blog to save me just copying the whole thing! Using picot gauges.

Sue tatted these flowers in size 20 Lizbeth Rainbow Taffy using an online pattern. A friend wanted the Root Beer Fudge Ice Drop with a purple gem and at the Tollway Tatters meeting, Diane was able to oblige with the purple gem, so Sue tatted this one just for her. Denice shared with the group his fabulous tatted toy horse which she will be sewing to this baby onesie. Diane worked on her doily. Everyone is so involved in their tatting, no one looked up for the picture.

Wanda is getting ready for Palmetto Tat Days, but somehow her shuttles have gone missing, or she thought they were until she realized there were a lot works in progress with shuttles attached. Three clovers and an Aerlit with some spare bobbins should be enough.